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| Illustration Title | Illustration Author | |
|---|---|---|
| Afflictions Sanctified By the Word | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| Beyond Searching Out | J. Sidlow Baxter, Studies in Problem Texts, p. 5 | |
| Chapter 11 | Reader's Digest, March, 1993, p. 71 | |
| Diligence | John R. W. Stott, The Preacher's Portrait, Some New Testament Word Studies, (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publ. Co. , 1961), p. 27 | |
| Faith that Swims | Source unknown | |
| Famous Quotes | Source unknown | |
| If I But Read | Source unknown | |
| Important comma | Today in the Word, July 14, 1993 | |
| Inspiration | The Biola Hour Guidelines, What We Believe, by David L. Hocking, (La Mirada, CA: Biola Univ. , 1982), pp. 6-7 | |
| Read the Bible | Our Daily Bread, August 12, 1992 | |
| Surgeon | Eleanor Schmidt, in Reader's Digest | |
| Telescope | Source unknown | |
| The Light and Glory of the Word | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| The Ticket | Source unknown | |
| Toilet Paper | Robert A Seiple, president, World Vision, June-July, 1990 | |
| Translation Errors | Source unknown | |
| Tuned Out | Harold M. Wiest, Power for Living, p. 109 | |
| Beware of Quotes | Source unknown | |
| Irrevelant | Howard Hendricks, 1984 Multnomah Pastor's Enrichment Conference | |
| No Inspiration | Source unknown | |
| Transforming Ability | From Signs of the Times, August, 1988, p. 5. | |
| Word Pierces Hearts | Our Daily Bread, October 1, 1994 | |
| The Anvil | Source unknown | |
| Feeding on the Word | Source unknown | |
| History of the Bible | Campus Life, March, 1981, p. 40, Miller Clarke | |
| A Parable | Source unknown | |
| Bible Quiz | Source unknown | |
| Bible Quiz | Source unknown | |
| Common Christian Terms | Moody Monthly, April, 1994, p. 60 | |
| Great Sermon | Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, Moody, 1984, p. 213 | |
| Ignorance | "Can Church Education Be Theological Education," Theology Today, by Edward Farley, July 1985. | |
| Survey | Quoted in Why Christians Sin, J. Kirk Johnston, Discovery House, 1992, p. 68 | |
| Survey | George Gallup, "Religion in America", Leadership, Fall 1987 | |
| Survey | Source unknown | |
| Survey | Time, Dec. 31, 1979, "American Preaching: A Dying Art? | |
| Survey | Reported in April 23, 1990 Christianity Today. | |
| Walls of Jericho | Source unknown | |
| If I but Read | Source unknown | |
| Reading the Bible | Barna Research Group, 1992 | |
| Hard to Understand | Your Father Loves You by James Packer, (Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986), page for June 21 | |
| Important Comma | Source unknown | |
| Inerrancy Survey | The Gideon, January, 1994, pp. 12-13 | |
| Infallible and Inerrant | Your Father Loves You by James Packer, (Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986), page for November 9 | |
| Textual Criticism | Source unknown | |
| The Bracelet | Leslie B. Flynn, The Twelve | |
| Veracity | As quoted in R. Pache, The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture. | |
| Interpretation | Your Father Loves You, by James Packer, (Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986), page for April 27 | |
| Marla Maples | C. Colson, The Body, p. 124 | |
| Professional Boxer | Source unknown | |
| Surely Wrong | Winning the New Civil War, Robert P. Dugan, Jr. , p. 38 | |
| A Parable | Source unknown | |
| Absolutely Accurate | Perseverance, Condensed from Three Steps Forward, Two Steps Back by Charles Swindoll, 1980 | |
| Read with Tongue | The Wonders of the Word of God, by Robert L. Sumner. | |
| Only One Bible | Source unknown | |
| Power to Change Lives | Our Daily Bread, October 1, 1994 | |
| Script Change | Why Christians Sin, J. K. Johnston, Discovery House, 1992, p. 121 | |
| The Freshman | John T. Spach, in Reader's Digest | |
| George Mueller | Source unknown | |
| Read with Tongue | The Wonders of the Word of God, by Robert L. Sumner. | |
| Pulpit Dramatics | Your Father Loves You, by James Packer, (Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986), page for April 24 | |
| 50 Times | Source unknown | |
| Alexander White | Source unknown | |
| Born to Be Battered | Ad in South Central Bell Telephone Company Yellow Pages. | |
| Building a Theological System | Hans Finzel, Opening the Book, (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1987), p. 318 | |
| Butterfly or Bee | Source unknown | |
| Family Heirloom | John Underhill, Spokane, WA, 1984. | |
| Gathering Apples | Source unknown | |
| George Mueller | Source unknown | |
| Need for Thorough Study | Leading the Way by Paul Borthwick, Navpress, 1989, p. 139 | |
| Parables | Hans Finzel, Opening the Book, (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1987), p. 336 | |
| Prayer Stools | Source unknown | |
| Stability | Source unknown | |
| The Athiest | Taking The Guesswork Out of Applying The Bible, Jack Kuhatschek, IVP, 1991, p. 16 | |
| The Less We Read | George Mueller in A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Mueller | |
| The Offering | Source unknown | |
| Thou Canst | Source unknown | |
| Veracity | Prof. Robert Dick Wilson of Princeton, who held several doctorates and knew 45 languages and dialects of the Near East, as quoted in R. Pache, The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture. | |
| David Livingstone | Today in the Word, April, 1989, p. 28 | |
| Pious Obstinancy | Christian Theology in Plain Language, p. 41. | |
| The Mind of God | Source unknown | |
| The Psalms | From Discipleship Journal, Issue #43 (1988), p. 24 |
